Out of the Box Flavors for National Ice Cream Month

Vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry, the classic Neapolitan trio, are all great ice cream flavors, but in honor of National Ice Cream Month (July) I want to take a little ice cream adventure outside the box and share some more unusual flavors that you can whip up in your handy dandy ice cream maker. Making ice cream yourself is both fun and addictive, and once you realize what you can do with this machine, there’s no going back! An endless array of ice cream flavors beckon to be made.

Shown above, clockwise from top left:

* Scrumptious blueberry cheesecake ice cream from Cooking Light (Photo: Colleen Duffley; Styling: Jan Gautro)

* A fun and unusual use for avocadoes : coconut avocado ice cream from Sunset (Photo: Annabelle Breakey; Styling: Karen Shinto)

* Decadent Mexican chocolate ice cream from Simply Recipes

* Very unusual black sesame ice cream from Haverchuk – the color of this ice cream makes it a great choice for a Halloween treat, too!

* Summer in a bowl – peachy peach ice cream from Sunset (Photo: James Carrier)

* Clotilde from Chocolate & Zucchini shares a two-fig ice cream recipe

* Honey lavender ice cream from Gourmet, September 2003

images from their respective sources